Mary Corbin

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Mary Corbin is an artist and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She can’t get enough vivid colors, walks in the woods and well-told tales. She recently published her first nonfiction book. Visit her website at marycorbin.com.

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US history of white supremacy peers through the present in Stephen Mangum’s latest work

November 6, 2024

'Illusions of My Childhood' series reflects both the painter's youth during 1960s racial oppression and continuing injustice today

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Fan Warren’s weighty works evoke the Black Madonna in all her glory

October 17, 2024

Oakland artist pulls from folk art, her ancestors' journey, and our need for maternal love in times of strife.

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It starts with a flower: Tiffanie Turner’s surprisingly intricate blooms

October 3, 2024

Though driven by eviction from SF, the artist's dreamy papier-mâché petals continue to blossom.

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A mysterious illness led Mona Chiang to the easel. Now, she paints her own way

September 24, 2024

Berkeley artist urges healing through creativity and freedom from restrictions : 'Just make art and laugh.'

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Hand over hand, Callan Porter-Romero captures both love and labor

August 29, 2024

The Oakland artist's muse is her beleagured, beautiful hometown.

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In former Hunters Point submarine barracks, Tor Archer hammers out the feminine form

August 15, 2024

Copper, cast iron, rusted steel—all fodder for works that can rise to heights of six feet.

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Fueled by anger at injustice, an artist forged a new path through ‘Beauty and Terror’

August 9, 2024

Using colored string and wax, Robin L. Bernstein connects generations of Jewish heritage—and antisemitism.

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Larry Li remixes Tiananmen Square, firstborn son into painted collage

July 18, 2024

'Historical sampling' helps Bay-raised artist understand his Chinese immigrant family's place in the greater world.

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In tapestries of Bay Area street life, Dance Doyle weaves a world

July 5, 2024

Artist channels interviewees'—and their own—experiences with houselessness, addiction onto the loom.

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Ceramic wabi-sabi: How Erin Hupp zagged to a life of clay

July 3, 2024

Oakland artist sees her domestic and culinary pieces as anchors to our current moment.